GRAPPLE

vt a grappling iron.

2. grapple ·vt a seizing or seizure; close hug in contest; the wrestler's hold.

3. grapple ·vt to fasten, as with a grapple; to fix; to join indissolubly.

4. grapple ·vt an instrument, usually with hinged claws, for seizing and holding fast to an object; a grab.

5. grapple ·vt to seize; to lay fast hold of; to attack at close quarters: as, to grapple an antagonist.

6. grapple ·vi to use a grapple; to contend in close fight; to attach one's self as if by a grapple, as in wrestling; to close; to seize one another.